Record strip control for autographic registers



L. F. HAGEMANN RECORD STRIP CONTROL FOR AUTOGRAPHIC REGISTERS July 19 1938.

Filed April 10, 1935 25 obvious and will in part appear hereinafter. the disks ll, the bearing pivots l of the roll 25 Patented July 19, 1938 RECORD STRIP CONTROL FOR AUTO- GRAPHIC' REGISTERS Louis Fred Hagemann, Niagara Falls, N. Y., as-

signor to American Sales Book Company, Inc., Elmira, N. Y., a corporation of Delaware Application April 10, 1935, Serial No. 15,618 7 Claims. (01. 282-16) This invention relates to autographic regiscasing is provided a tablet 4 over which the strips ters, and more particularly to mechanism adaptare adapted to be fed by a feedingmechanism, ed to feed record strips and to direct and retain which will be later described. A margin frame one or more strips in a storage compartment. 5 is pivoted to t Side Of t Casing in p 5 An important object of this invention is to tion to overlie the tablet. A suitable housing 6 5 provide new and improved mechanism which will may be provided for retaining transfer sheets facilitate the insertion of the record strips in the 1 in position to be inserted between the strips initial threading operation, and which will opas they pass over the tablet. The strip supply crate satisfactorily to divert and retain one strip may be conveniently in the form of a fiat pad 10 Within the closed compartment. composed of a plurality of superposed strips S 10 Another object is to provide an improved arfolded zig ag p one another, and the Strips rangement for a deflector plate for diverting one are guided over the tablet and the transfer sheets or more of the feed record strips into the storage in any suitable manner. The strips, one of which compartment, said deflector plate being mountis shown in Figare Preferably fl m d W t ed in a novel manner to provide for retraction feed controlling apertures 3 arranged in O e 0 15 to facilitate threading of the strips into operamore longitudinal series, and the file strip also tive position, and having an improved retainhas a longitudinal series of fold-directing apering device to hold it in its operative strip-diverttures 9, one of which is positioned in each altering position. nate form sheet of the strip.

A further object is to produce a device of the The feed mechanism comprises a roll I0 and 20 character described, which will be simple and cooperating disks H which are geared together. efficient in operation and inexpensive in manu- The roll is journaled in a housing i2 Carried by facture. arms i3 pivoted to the casing l at M. In order Other objects of the invention will be in part to permit movement of the roll toward and from The invention accordingly comprises the feamove in slots 16 in the side walls of the houstures of construction, combinations of elements ing, while springs l'l urge the pivots downwardly and arrangement of parts, which will be exemtoward the bottom of the slots. In this manner plified in the construction hereinafter set forth when the housing is in its closed position as and the scope of the application of which will shown in Fig. l, the roll is urged downwardly 130 be indicated in the claims. toward the disks H. Spring-pressed catches iii For a more complete understanding of the carried by the housing [2 engage pins E9 to hold nature and objects of the invention reference the roll It] in engagement with the disks it.

should be had to the following detailed descrip- The disks H are carried by a main feed shaft tion taken in connection with the accompany- 28 operated by a handle 2| while a spring pressed 55 ing drawing, in which: stop 22 stops the handle at the completion of Fig. 1 is a fragmental longitudinal vertical the feeding movement. A gear 22 may be consection of a machine embodying the invention, nected to drive the roll iii.

parts being shown in elevation; At. the end of the casing opposite to the sup- Fig. 2 is a fragmental side elevation on a ply compartment, there is provided arecord com- 40 smaller scale; partment 2 3 having a cover -25 hinged to the Fig. 3 is a section along the lines 33 of Fig. end wall of the casing, as shown at 2B. This 1; and cover is retained in place by catch-es 2'11 upon the Fig. 4 is a plan vlew of the filerecord strip. side walls of the casing i, and is adapted to be Certain of the subject matter of this applicaretained closed by a lock 28 which may conven- 45 tion is disclosed in applicants prior application iently be arranged to engage one of the catches Serial No. 62,974, filed October 1'7, 1925, for Auto- 21 to restrain its operation. graphic register, patented June 4, 1935, Patent For the purpose of diverting the lower record No. 2,003,999. The present application, therefore, strip into the record compartment, and for diis a continuation in part of the earlier applicarecting the other sheets upwardly over the cover 50 tion. of the record compartment, a guide plate or strip In the drawing, a casing l preferably has at diverter Z9 is arranged to be movable from a subone end thereof a supply compartment 2 adapted stantially horizontal position just beyond the for the reception of a multiple strip record supe d g m c a s o a raised position t0 p ply 3 in the usual manner. At the top of the mit the ready insertion of the end of the lower 55' record strip into the compartment 24. This movement is accomplished by pivoting this diverter plate to the casing through one or more brackets 30 attached to the diverter. This pivot may conveniently be the same as the pivot [4 around which the housing moves, the housing 12 and diverter 29 being concentrically pivoted at a point forwardly of the feed mechanism. Threading of the strips into position in the feed mechanism is thus facilitated.

By arranging the guide plate 29 in the manner described, it will be seen that it lies in a position beneath the housing I2 so that access to it cannot be had except upon movement of the housing. The housing, moreover,'is so arranged that when in its lowered position, it prevents all access to the record strip at and beyond the feeding mechanism, insuring that the strip shall enter the record compartment and preventing its removal from the compartment in an unauthorized manner.

Moreover, the housing is also preferably so arranged as to prevent the removal of the tablet 4. This may readily be accomplished by placing one of the retaining screws of the tablet 4 beneath some portion of the housing. The cover 25 of the record compartment is shaped to provide one or more shoulders 3| positioned to engage the seats 32 in the side arms l3 of the housing 52 to prevent the lifting of the housing while the cover is closed.

This register, in the form just described, is intended for use with record strips S having forms 33 printed thereon, and feed control apertures 8 in registry with the forms. The feed is controlled and the registry of a form on one strip with the corresponding forms on the other strips is maintained by cooperation of the disc II, the roll it and the control apertures referred to, in a manner well known in the art, and described in the Johnston Patent No. 1,658,127, issued February 7, 1928.

For the purpose, moreover, of refolding the lower record sheet S within the locked compartment 24, a selecting disk 34, as shown in the Johnston patent mentioned, may also be mounted upon the shaft 20 carrying a finger 35 which is pressed upwardly by a spring 36, but depressed by a cam 31, as the finger during the rotation of the disk is brought up to the position opposite the record strips. An auxiliary line of fold controlling apertures 9, for folding cooperation with the folding finger 35, is provided in the record strip, these apertures appearing in each alternate record sheet of the strip in registry with the form thereon.

In threading the machine, the record strips are carried out of the end of the casing and over the writing tablet 4, the appropriate carbons being interleave-d between them. The cover 25 of the rec ord compartment may now be thrown back by releasing the catches 2'! and the housing l2 may be raised by releasing the catches I8. Thereupon the guide plate 29 may be lifted and the end of the lower record strip directed beneath it. The guide plate 29 may then be turned back into its horizontal position and the remaining record strips inserted over it. The housing I2 may now be lowered and latched and then the cover 25 of the record compartment may be closed and locked, and the margin frame fastened in place. The forward wall of the housing l2 overlies the diverter plate 29 when closed, so as to engage with and prevent movement of said plate from its normal operative position of Fig. 1, into its strip threading position shown in Fig. 2, and the cover 25 may also engage the diverter as shown to hold the latter in its operative position.

With the machine arranged as above described, the turning of the handle 2| will feed the record strips together the length of one record form. The upper strips will be fed out of the machine in position to be grasped by the hand, while the lower sheet will be diverted into the locked compartment 24 and refolded there in zigzag form.

Since certain changes may be made in the above construction and different embodiments of the invention could be made without departing from the scope thereof, it is intended that all matter contained in the above description, or shown in the accompanying drawing, shall be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new and desire. to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. An autographic register including, in combination, record strip feeding mechanism including a feed roll, a roll carrier pivotally mounted so as to carry said roll to and from strip feeding position, and a strip diverter separate from the roll carrier and pivotally mounted substantially coincidentally with said roll carrier.

2. An autographic register including, in combination, record strip feeding mechanism including a feed roll, a roll carrier pivoted on an axis disposed forwardly of the feeding mechanism and substantially parallel to the axis of said feed roll, and a strip diverter separate from the roll carrier and pivoted on an axis substantially coincident with the pivotal axis of said roll carrier.

3. An autographic register including, in combination, record strip feeding mechanism including a feed roll, a roll carrier pivotally mounted so as to carry said roll to and from strip feeding position, and a strip diverter separate from the roll carrier and pivotally mounted substantially coincidentally with said roll carrier, and means cooperating with said diverter for retaining the latter in its operative strip diverting position.

4. An autographic register including, in combination, record strip feeding mechanism including a feed roll, a roll carrier pivoted on an axis disposed forwardly of the feeding mechanism and substantially parallel to the axis of said feed roll, a strip diverter separate from the roll carrier and pivoted on an axis substantially coincident with the pivotal axis of said roll carrier, and a retaining device positioned for engagement with said diverter for retaining the latter in its operative strip diverting position.

5. In a machine of the character described, in combination, a record strip feeding mechanism including a feed roll pivoted to swing about an axis disposed forwardly of the roll and substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of said roll, a strip diverter mounted for movement away from normal operative position into position to facilitate insertion of a record strip beneath it, retaining means for holding the feed roll in operative feeding position, and a cover for a compartment of the machine engageable with said diverter when the cover is in closed position for holding said diverter in its operative strip diverting position.

6. In a machine of the character described, in combination, a record strip feeding mechanism including a feed roll pivoted to swing about an axis disposed forwardly of the roll and substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of said roll, a strip diverter pivotally mounted on an axis disposed forwardly of the roll, retaining means for holding the feed. roll in operative feeding position, a record compartment for receiving strips con.- trolled by said diverter and a cover for said compartment engaging said diverter to retain it in its operative position.

'7. In a machine of the character described, in combination, a record strip feeding mechanism including a feed r011 pivoted to swing about an 10 axis disposed forwardly of the roll and substan- 

